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Susan Kan­tor

Susan Kan­tor was a senior writer/​editor for Girl Scouts of the USA, a chil­dren’s book edi­tor, and a past judge for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards in the illus­trat­ed children’s book cat­e­go­ry. She is a writer and a docent at the Rubin Muse­um in New York City, where she leads pub­lic and pri­vate tours.

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Chil­dren’s
Jon­ah and the Big Fish
Susan Collins; Thoms Naoko Stoop, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Hanukkah with Mazel
Joel Edward Stein; Elisa Vavouri, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Almost a Minyan
Lori S. Kline; Susan Simon, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Under the Sab­bath Lamp
Michael Herman; Alida Massari, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Passover: Fes­ti­val of Freedom
Monique Polak
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Not for all the Haman­taschen in Town
Laura Aron Milhander; Inna Chernyak, illus.
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Not This Turkey!
Jes­si­ca Steinberg
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Uncle Eli’s Wedding
Tracy Newman, Sernur Isik, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Is It Passover Yet?
Chris Barash Alessandra Psacharopulo, illus.
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Farmer Kobi’s Hanukkah Match
Karen Rostoker-Gruber & Rabbi Ron Isaacs CB Decker, illus.
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Beau­ti­ful Yetta’s Hanukkah Kitten
Daniel Pinkwater; Jill Pinkwater, illus.
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3 Falafels in My Pita
Maya Friedman; Steve Mack, illus.
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Fam­i­ly Ties
Shoshana Banana
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Rab­bi Ben­jam­in’s Buttons
Alice B. McGinty; Jennifer Black Reinhardt, illus.
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Mat­zo Frogs
Sally Rosenthal; David Sheldon, illus.

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